The NFL play-offs are underway meaning the biggest sports event in the 2024 calendar – Super Bowl LVIII – is fast approaching. This year’s game takes place in Las Vegas, when millions of eyes from around the world will be fixed on the two teams battling it out for the Vince Lombardi trophy. We have four playoff rounds to get …
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Morgan Moses fined for using a camera as a prop to celebrate Lamar Jackson TD
After Lamar Jackson scored the game-clinching touchdown in last weekend’s win over the Texans, Ravens offensive lineman Morgan Moses grabbed a photographer’s camera amid the end zone celebration. The NFL fined him for that. Moses was fined $13,659, the league announced, for what was termed unsportsmanlike conduct. The NFL does not allow players to use props in celebrations, and they’re …
Read More »Meet the 2023 Amarillo Globe-News six-man football Super Team
OFFENSE QB: Noe Juarez, Senior, Happy First team all-state QB, Region 1 Offensive MVP, first-team All-Region Defensive Utility Player. Tossed 32 touchdowns while running for five more. RB: Sawyer Francis, Senior, Silverton Ran for 2,025 yards and 36 scores, caught 15 passes for 246 yards and four touchdowns and ran five kicks back for touchdowns. RB: David Meeks, Junior, Follett …
Read More »Vic Fangio has been hired by the Philadelphia Eagles to be their defensive coordinator
The Philadelphia Eagles have hired Vic Fangio to be their defensive coordinator, the team announced Saturday. Fangio spent the past season with Miami in the same role. He finished 2022 as a consultant for the Eagles. “Vic’s reputation obviously speaks for itself,” Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said. “He’s a brilliant defensive mind who has coached at a very high level …
Read More »Patience, persistence ignites James Colzie III’s new gig as FAMU’s head football coach | G. Thomas
The saying goes, “Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.” And as I trailed new Florida A&M head football coach James Colzie III in Galimore-Powell Fieldhouse last Monday, I thought: “This is the guy.” The former interim coach operated as if he already had the Rattlers’ 19th full-time head coach job locked up by the way he gracefully …
Read More »Auston Matthews reaches 40-goal mark before All-Star break
Jan 28, 2024, 01:33 AM ET WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 40th goal to reach 600 career points and the Toronto Maple Leafs completed a home-and-home sweep of the Winnipeg Jets with a 4-2 victory Saturday night. “I’m just trying to stay consistent, trying to work every night,” said Matthews, at 527 games the fastest Toronto player …
Read More »Offensive standouts for Chargers from East-West Shrine Bowl: Day 1
While the majority of the organization focuses on the general manager search and head coach Jim Harbaugh’s introductory press conference on Thursday, four members of the Chargers organization have traveled to Frisco, TX for the East-West Shrine Bowl. Practices for the all-star event kicked off Saturday. Here are five players who stood out on the offensive side of the ball. …
Read More »Barry Sanders, Joe Montana to serve as Lions, 49ers honorary captains in NFC title game
A pair of NFL icons will represent the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game (6:30 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app). Barry Sanders and Joe Montana will serve as the honorary captains for the Lions and 49ers, respectively, in Sunday’s game. Both players are viewed as among the best in NFL history, …
Read More »Eagles hiring former Cowboys assistant Kellen Moore as offensive coordinator
Eagles hiring former Cowboys assistant Kellen Moore as offensive coordinator originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles have turned to their biggest rival to fill their offensive coordinator vacancy. Kellen Moore, who coached the Cowboys to three top-6 offensive rankings in four years in Dallas, will be the Eagles’ new offensive coordinator, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Saturday evening. Moore …
Read More »Sherrone Moore promises aggressive recruiting strategy for Michigan football
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Some head coaches get more involved than others when it comes to recruiting. For new Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore, he plans not only to recruit the next generation of players with extreme vigor, but he’s also aware he needs to recruit the current players on the team to keep them from entering the transfer portal. …
Read More »Eagles to hire former Cowboys, Chargers offensive coordinator Kellen Moore
Mike McCarthy is definitely going to object to Kellen Moore lighting up the scoreboard now. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Kellen Moore will be the Philadelphia Eagles’ third offensive coordinator in three years, Yahoo Sports’ Jori Epstein confirmed. Conversely, Moore will be joining his third team in three years. Moore previously worked as the head coach of the …
Read More »Michigan DC Jesse Minter, Mount St. Joseph grad, to join Los Angeles Chargers, per report
Michigan defensive coordinator Jesse Minter Michigan Wolverines defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, a 2005 Mount St. Joseph University graduate and four-year football letterwinner at MSJ, is joining Jim Harbaugh in Los Angeles and becoming the Chargers’ new defensive coordinator, according to a report from 247sports.com’s Sam Webb. Minter spent two seasons as the Wolverines’ DC under Harbaugh. Minter was Vanderbilt’s DC …
Read More »Reports: Eagles to hire Kellen Moore as offensive coordinator
Kellen Moore spent five seasons with the Cowboys. After one season with the Chargers, Moore is headed to one of the Cowboys’ biggest rivals. The Eagles are hiring Moore as their new offensive coordinator, according to multiple reports. The Chargers interviewed Moore for their head coaching job and blocked him from interviewing for offensive coordinator jobs elsewhere until they hired …
Read More »Alabama basketball vs. LSU score: Live updates from Coleman Coliseum
Alabama basketball aims to score a victory over LSU on Saturday at Coleman Coliseum. The Crimson Tide just wrapped up a significant win over in-state rival Auburn this past Wednesday in Tuscaloosa, and Nate Oats’ team will look to build on that win with a victory over LSU. The Crimson Tide remains in a prime spot to contend for the …
Read More »Alabama basketball puts up 109 points in runaway SEC win over LSU
A letdown game of some kind certainly could have been expected from Alabama basketball. Fresh off an emotional slugfest victory over Auburn this past Wednesday, the Crimson Tide putting together a lackluster game vs. LSU wouldn’t have been shocking. There was no letdown, though. Especially not on offense. Alabama wasn’t perfect, but the Crimson Tide still ran LSU out of …
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